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Brookhaven, MS

11,656 Population
21.6 square miles 538.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,903 ±$3,850 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: $26,925 ±$1,933
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$36,269 ±$7,993 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: $48,316 ±$3,584
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

27.2% ±5.1% (3,066  ±570) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 21.3% † 7,326 (±3.4% / ±1,176)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

18.1 minutes ±2.9 (76,645  ±14,192) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 28.6 † 385,220 (±2.9 / ±44,747)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

4,546 ±345 Number of households
  • the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 13,026 ±323
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.2 (11,122  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 2.6 34,275 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

5% ±3.1% (127  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 5.9% † 470 (±2.8% / ±222)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

5,594 ±330 Number of housing units
  • the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 15,885 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$111,500 ±$8,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: $131,800 † ±$26,169
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.7% ±3.5% (876  ±404.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,959 (±1.5% / ±500.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

86.5% ±8.1% (7,336  ±728.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 87.1% 20,889 (±4.6% / ±1,118.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
21.4% ±4.3% (1,811  ±372.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 18.4% † 4,417 (±2.3% / ±540.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±1.1% (189  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 1% 332
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

4.5% ±1.5% (413  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 5% † 1,329 (±1% / ±254)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
413 Total veterans ±141 376 Male ±142 37 Female ±44

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